Defendiendo Nuestras Vidas, the Spanish version of Defending Our Lives, recently won the Newspaper Critics Award for One of the Best T.V. Programs of the Year, 1998 Granma, Cuba  
Defendiendo Nuestras Vidas
was donated to El Salvador by Hillary Clinton as an official gift from the United States.


Awards

OSCAR, Academy AwardŽ for Best Documentary Short


Outstanding Independent Film of the Year, New England Film & Video Festival


First Prize, Columbus International Film Festival


The Pass Award, National Council on Crime & Delinquency


Festivals
Denver International Film Festival

Seattle International Film Festival


Edinburgh International Film Festival


Leipzig International Festival of Documentary & Animation


Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival


Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival


Women in the Director's Chair International Film and Video Festival


First Place, National Council on Family Relations


Silver Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival


Screenings


U.S. Senate

U.S. House of Representatives

State Legislatures

State Attorney Generals' Offices

Executive Offices of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The United Nations

Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Fine Arts

National College of District Attorneys Conference

The American Bar Association